Plastic Seat Housing - Snapped!

[mattsv6]

Hi,

The plastic seat housing on the RHS of my drivers seat has cracked and is now sitting loose on the floor. This happened after a large family member of mine put too much weight on the side of the seat when exiting the car. A pic is attached below.

Has anyone found a way to fix theirs other than going to Holden???

I have tried to araldite the original clip at the front back to the seat plastic however this broke off again soon after.

[dijm8]

might just have to buy a new part..im sure their pretty cheap

[heyitsEnricoPallazzo]

Wreckers mate.

[Kunu]

yeh go to the wrckers m8, i had same prob just other day with my VT cost me $48 for new one!!

[CAPRILICIOUS WL]

i had a simalar problem, go down to the wreckers and grab one. it shuldnt cost more than 5 to 10bucks.

[ataylor2703]

I had this same problem a couple of weeks ago, just removed the seat and the part cost me $20 from a wrecker and was a new part.

[mattsv6]

Just a quick question.

I noticed this piece of plastic is held on by the reclining knob on the side of the seat. How do you remove this?

THanks

[Kunu]

Just a quick question.

I noticed this piece of plastic is held on by the reclining knob on the side of the seat. How do you remove this?

THanks

With the right amount of force it just pops off m8..just note theres a little insert/clip piece that goes into the other end..then just slide it out and take cover off : )
well thats for a VT id say its the same for your model!!

[heyitsEnricoPallazzo]

Just a quick question.

I noticed this piece of plastic is held on by the reclining knob on the side of the seat. How do you remove this?

THanks

I seem to recall having to remove the seat back to remove that knob. And then having to visit Holden for the sacrificial plastic retainers that break when you remove the back. Or was it in a nightmare........?

[Sabbath']

I seem to recall having to remove the seat back to remove that knob. And then having to visit Holden for the sacrificial plastic retainers that break when you remove the back. Or was it in a nightmare........?

That's for doing the seat pocket on the back. Just get a screwdriver behind it and pop it off. No need to take the seat all the way out. Just undo the screw halfway along, the one under the front (the one that usually snaps) and take off the recline knob and then pop electric controls out if you have them and you're set. 15 minute job tops.

[VYMAD]

I tried fibreglass resining mine back together on the VY, (same) but it broke again after two days or so. Then I found a thread on here where someone had zippy-tied it through the plastic that is left where it broke and around the seat frame. Quite fiddly, but finally got it near as good as before. Then had to file the back of the little plug a bit to get it back in, with a small dob of super glue.
And yes, from memory the recliner knob does pop off with a screwdriver.

[Tania R]

i got the same problem what do u call this plasic thingamagic so i dont feel like a real fool trying to explain this plastic thing

[heyitsEnricoPallazzo]

Seat squab trim.

[Calaber]

It is quite possible to repair this trim permanently. I've done it. The long mounting tab on the front breaks off and the bottom of the central tubular mounting cracks. Both are easy to repair and make stronger than the original set-up. I'm a mean bugger and refuse to pay nearly $40 for a new part which will suffer exactly the same breakage somewhere down the track, expecially when my existing trim is in otherwise perfect condition.

I made up a small metal "L" bracket that matches the length and angle of the original long tab. It was araldited to the tab and the trim, then a short dome shaped bolt and nut was used to retain the tab to the trim as well as the araldite. The head of the bolt can be seen from outside the seat but it can be touched up with a brush and paint to merge it into the trim.

The tubular mounting can be repaired by cleaning the broken off end of the tube, then aralditing a nut with inbuilt washer to the end of the tube, with the washer acting as a mounting flange for the trim against the seat frame. Before gluing the nut in place, thread a screw into it so that the thread protrudes inside the tube by about 13mm. Pour the araldite into the tube and let it harden. Remove the screw from the nut after the araldite has hardened so that a mounting screw can be run through it. Replace the trim using the factory mounting screws.

Two years since this repair, the seat trim remains in place on my car and I'm no featherweight. $40 + saved for about an hour's work and it's more solid than the new replacement part.

[heyitsEnricoPallazzo]

Sure you weren't born before the Great Depression?

[Calaber]

Sure you weren't born before the Great Depression?

Not quite sure whether you are being sarcastic or not. The truth is, I've always believed in making something work again if I can. I really couldn't give a continental whether someone forks over money to buy a new part or a used one. Early posts in this thread gave the impression this part either can't be permanently fixed or it isn't worth trying. I proved, to myself at least, that both opinions are wrong. I've got a perfectly good and solid seat cover and kept the forty bucks. Seems like "win-win" to me.

[heyitsEnricoPallazzo]

Meant to be taken lightly.